The head of Samsung's mobile communications business has said in a new interview that he isn't concerned with legal ramifications from Apple's assertion that Samsung copied the "look and feel" of devices like the iPhone and iPad.

"We didn't copy Apple's design," J.K. Shin said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "We have used many similar designs over the past years and it [Apple's allegation] will not be legally problematic."

Shin also reportedly suggested that the scale of the current legal battle with Apple could grow. However, he declined to elaborate.

The courtroom showdown began in April when Apple sued Samsung, charging the South Korean electronics company with copying its devices with products like the Galaxy S, Nexus S, Epic 4G and Galaxy Tab. Samsung quickly fired back, and accused Apple of infringing on patents it owns related to cellphone transmission technologies.

Samsung has been ordered by a California judge to show Apple prototypes of new devices it is working on, and Samsung has requested that it receive an advanced look at Apple's next iPhone and iPad as well. The legal battle ensues even as Apple remains one of the largest customers, of Samsung, which makes processors, displays, memory and more for Apple's mobile devices.

Samsung's own devices, which compete with Apple's iPhone and iPad, are powered by the Google Android mobile operating system. Shin said in his interview with the Journal that Samsung plans to continue to rely on Android with future devices.

Samsung has been working on its own proprietary platform, dubbed Bada, for some time, and it isn't abandoning that software, the company said. But the report also revealed that Samsung is "focusing on Android," particularly in the tablet business where the company hopes to compete with Apple's market-leading iPad.

"When there is a market need for our own software, we will consider it," said Younghee Lee, senior vice president of sales and marketing with Samsung. "But that's not our plan at the moment."

all these companies steal from one another. They have very smart snoops to go in and look over patents and designs from other companies all the time. Nothing new. How the hell do you think a company can violate like a dozen patents from a competitor without stealing their sh**?

Because the courts have already ordered Samsung to hand over their devices. A determination has already been made that Apple has a case. That's kinda problematic.

Exactly. Just further proof that Samsung has lots of idiot execs who don't see anything wrong in stealing intellectual property. Whether they actually did this has not, of course, been proven, but they are being charged and the court has found that there's a reasonable case.

Exactly. Just further proof that Samsung has lots of idiot execs who don't see anything wrong in stealing intellectual property. Whether they actually did this has not, of course, been proven, but they are being charged and the court has found that there's a reasonable case.

They likely knew it was wrong or that they were walking a line. The issue seems to be, ostensibly, that they figured they could get away with it for long enough to reap a profit before anyone said anything.

This is likely how it goes with IP issues. Just keep doing what you're doing until someone takes notice.

In other words, if there's a problem they'll just tell you to stop and then the courts can figure it out. Nothing personal.

"When there is a market need for our own software, we will consider it," said Younghee Lee, senior vice president of sales and marketing with Samsung. "But that's not our plan at the moment."

This just shows the mindset of Samsung execs. The battle is over. It's iOS and possibly, maybe Android for the tablet market. Samsung would face the task of developing its own ecosystem for its own mobile OS, luring developers to it, opening its own app store, just like Apple did. It's too late in my opinion, for yet another mobile OS to enter the market. Even Android is struggling in the tablet market at present.